My impressions from Steam Next Fest (June 2022)

22 Jun 202222 Jun 2022

Another Steam Next Fest featuring lots of game demos has come and gone. I tried to narrow down my selection this time, but ended up with too many games yet…

Krikket’s Variety Gamer Score

31 May 2022

Krikket over on Nerd Girl Thoughts wrote about a checklist of several gaming franchises to calculate your "variety gamer score", but she wasn't too happy with it as it was…

How to return to LotRO?

20 May 202220 May 2022

I wanted to start this post by saying that I was surprised about the urge to return to Lord of the Rings Online, but honestly, I am not. This MMO…

Short term goals in Guild Wars 2

10 May 2022

I am still loving the latest expansion for Guild Wars 2! It's just that with the small amount of gaming time that I have, I do not always decide to…

Which MMO has the most useless housing system?

10 Apr 2022

I saw this article on Massively Overpowered about useless housing systems in MMOs. Of course, this is a more or less subjective question, but that's why I liked reading about…

GW2 End of Dragons: First Impressions

28 Mar 2022

First of all: There won't be story spoilers in the text. I hope the screenshots won't include story spoilers either. I tried to be careful with them! I currently have…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022) – Part 2

7 Mar 2022

I wasn't sure I would find the time and enough demos to have a part 2, but here you go! I actually did manage to play through almost all demos…

Steam Next Fest (Feb 2022)

25 Feb 202226 Feb 2022

It's time for another Steam Next Fest! This means that you can currently find a lot of demos for upcoming games on Steam. The event runs from February 21 to…

Quick Impressions: Noble Fates

10 Feb 2022

Noble Fates is a colony building simulation game similar to RimWorld and Going Medieval, currently in Early Access on Steam. I recently bought it and despite liking "Lords and Villeins"…

Bookahneer’s Geekwatch (February 2022): Just One Percent

7 Feb 2022

The "Just One Percent" Project I love it when the blogosphere comes up with a gaming project like this! You can read about the origin of this idea in Krikket's…

Colony building sims

31 Jan 20227 Feb 2022

Is it just me or are there more and more colony building simulation games* in development? Of course, I will be the last person to complain here because my first…

Feeling lost in Guild Wars 2

22 Jan 2022

I got to spend a bit of time in Guild Wars 2 again recently for the first time in months! But there is the feeling that I've been having almost…

Call to Action: Rift is getting updates again?

21 Jan 2022

I dared ask the question with the word "updates" - yes, plural! About a month ago, gamigo was teasing about Rift possibly getting something new. They said that in Q1…

Bloganuary: What is your favorite screenshot you’ve ever taken?

20 Jan 202220 Jan 2022

Finally another bloganuary prompt that fits to my blog! The original asks about a photo which doesn't quite fit. But screenshots are close enough, I guess. I don't really want…

Is there a game like Defiance?

13 Jan 2022

I stumbled upon a German article about which games died in 2021. One of them was Defiance / Defiance 2050. Now, I am not a fan of shooter games. The…

Most viewed blog posts in 2021

9 Jan 202210 Jan 2022

I think it's nice to take a look at the blog's stats once in a while, even if I don't care about hits much. As long as there are some…

Games I’m looking forward to in 2022

9 Jan 202216 Jan 2022

My current list of games that I'm looking forward to this year has three games and one expansion... Not that many, although I am quite sure I will find a…

What is an MMO road trip you would love to take?

2 Jan 20222 Jan 2022

The original post from Wordpress' bloganuary asked for a "real world" road trip, but it makes more sense to think about the MMOs I'm playing instead. My first thought was…

Most disappointing games in 2021

30 Dec 202131 Dec 2021

Altogether, I would say that there weren't many disappointments this year. One huge one, though, followed by two minor ones. My number 1 spot goes to Atlas Rogues. This game…

My favourite games in 2021

29 Dec 2021

I haven't been able to play as many games or as often this year than in previous years. First, I had to deal with nausea. And since baby girl arrived,…

What to do with gamigo…

18 Dec 2021

I totally missed this piece of news from the latest investor report about gamigo's plans for their games in 2022. Massively reported about it in November (other outlets, too, but…

Quick Impressions: Jurassic World Evolution 2

30 Nov 202130 Nov 2021

I actually find it difficult to even write any quick first impressions, because I don't know if the disappointment will stay or not. But it certainly is tied to the…

Quick Impressions: Mini Healer

30 Nov 2021

I had Mini Healer on my wishlist for a while now and always knew that I want to buy it! Now, I finally did. This game can be summed up…

Quick Impressions: Tavern Master

29 Nov 2021

I actually expected Tavern Master to go into Early Access before it releases. So when I saw the message from the developer that it was to actually release on November…

Paeroka’s Ponderings: When is a game too cheap?

29 Nov 2021

Quite obviously, developers need to make a living, so they do need to earn enough to pay for rent, food, health insurance and all that other nonsense that people like…

GW2 End of Dragons: Mechanist Love

24 Nov 2021

I am so out of the loop with the upcoming new elite specialisations in Guild Wars 2. When it comes to these specializations, I want to know whether it's worth…

New games (autumn 2021)

2 Nov 2021

I have a big enough backlog as it is, but I still had to get a few more games... although I feel that I really need to slow down now!…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): More demos

12 Oct 2021

After my last post about Gremlins Inc. - Card Game, I tried out a few more demos: Tavern Master, Inscryption, Who's Lila? and House Flipper City. Tavern Master This is…

Steam Next Festival (Oct 2021): Gremlins Inc. – Card Game

3 Oct 2021

Limited play time means that I need to be much pickier about which games I'm going to give a try during this week's Steam Next Festival. It started on October…

Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?

25 Sep 2021

Massively OP mused about this question recently... and since it's a question, of course my brain started trying to answer it for myself. Star Trek Online was mentioned right in…